Examples of 'had been so' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been so"

This phrase is often used to express a state of extreme intensity or extremity of a particular situation or feeling in the past

How to use "had been so" in a sentence

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had been so
They had been so innocent and little there.
My friend knightley had been so often mentioned.
It had been so long they did not know what to do.
This was how they had been so thoroughly tricked.
He had been so absorbed in it that he forgot her birthday.
He never in his life had been so good as he was then.
And had been so thoroughly crushed and scared.
That explained why it had been so tricky to find.
It had been so much better for her.
The hands that had been so kind to her.
She had been so self conscious of her problem.
That explained why it had been so securely locked.
She had been so dear to him those days.
The girl who had been so passive.
She had been so innocent when they met.

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That was why he had been so charming.
But it had been so long since we had been together.
It was the first time an artist had been so honoured.
There had been so much bad press.
The possibilities to never advance had been so great.
Because everything had been so as it had been told them.
I had been so careful to keep track of my direction.
The smell that had been so familiar to her.
I had been so glad to have him there when.
The technician had been so matter of fact.
It had been so long since he had been touched by anyone.
I dedicated it to the men who had been so supportive.
And my life had been so organized around writing.
And it was soon to be revealed why he had been so tormented.
There had been so many deaths in his family.
If only my other fake marriage had been so simple.
Life had been so much easier with a uniform.
Because our bomb mission had been so secret.
Things had been so different just a decade earlier.
She hated that she had been so close.
They had been so close a few years ago.
The last five years had been so fun.
The change had been so abrupt he was quite bewildered.
It was no wonder his little girl had been so frightened.
She had been so used to it since her childhood.
Your arrival into my life had been so unexpected.
There had been so much death and destruction.
She said that everyone had been so kind.
This had been so successful that they kept it on.
I wish the waiting time had been so short.
What had been so forgettable earlier was now irresistible.
He struggled to explain why it had been so hard to let it go.
He had been so much impressed by the little performance.
He hoped his girlfriend had been so lucky.
Everything had been so perfect before the accident.

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Examples of using So
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